Devon Westhill

At a glance

Devon Westhill returned to USDA civil-rights leadership after earlier government appointments and nonprofit legal work.

Summary sources: [1]

Career and documented accomplishments

• His participant biography identifies prior USDA deputy-assistant-secretary service, Labor Department work and liaison assignments involving administrative-law and historically Black college initiatives. [1]
• It records Navy service, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill B.A. and a University of Florida J.D. [1]

Role and nomination context

• The April 2025 Agriculture Committee hearing considered him for Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights. That proposed office differs from the deputy role documented in USDA’s 2020 program material. [2] [3]

Sources and review date

Career and role sources reviewed Oct 14, 2026. These sources may describe developments beyond the nomination snapshot; each nomination entry retains its recorded date and outcome.

1. Devon Westhill — Participant Biography

   The Federalist Society. Reviewed Oct 14, 2026.

2. Nomination Hearing — Devon Westhill

   Senate Agriculture Committee. Reviewed Oct 14, 2026.

3. American Diversity Month Program, July 2020 (PDF)

   Department of Agriculture. Reviewed Oct 14, 2026.